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I leaned forward and told hi drunk I’ic and pheromones and whatever else is in the mix, and I don’t have the ability to think clearly I’ Elias would force hi to explain that I’m not in control of myself e’re close to each other and the mate bond is activated So, you’re about to put ive consent, Carter”

Despite whatever he’d done to lock hts, I felt the conflict in him It seemed Carter had principles, and I’d struck a nerve After a pause, he said, “I have to think about this Please don’t do anything stupid while I’ to do, crash the plane out of spite? That wouldn’t exactly work tothe door behind him

I exhaled slowly, then shifted around so I was leaning against the arinning to rise By its position, I could tell ere heading in a more or less northeastern direction, but that didn’t narron our destination by much

Maybe fifteen minutes passed before Carter returned to his seat He studied ht about it like that before, but you’re right If you and Elias are both under the influence of your ive consent”

“Exactly That’s why you need to let o”

“That won’t solve my friend’s problem He needs some sort of closure where you’re concerned”

“If your solution is to break the bond by killing me, I don’t consent to that, either”

“I’ to hurt you”

“Yeah, probably not You actually see into ain, I don’t really know you, do I? In fact, I don’t even knohat you are, or if Carter is your first or last name”

“It’s inal one, and I’m a demon That’s why I couldn’t just walk up and knock on your door Your wards were set to auto that reads as evil”

“Interesting I’ve never met a demon before”

He see assumptions about my kind?”

“There’s a lot of darkness in you Truly staggering aet to decide ant to be, noso hard to help your friend says a lot about the choices you’ve made”

He asked, “Why are you so quick to give a total stranger—and a demon, at that—the benefit of the doubt, but you won’t do the same for your mate?”